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...principle—to make as imperious of demands as it has over the past year. The UC’s job, dutifully executed, is principally to encourage, organize, and support student social life—the only area of university governance in which students themselves can rightly claim expertise...
...things we found very intriguing this summer is that Clarence Thomas' autobiography came out in tandem with the Isaiah Thomas mess here in New York. One thing stood out to us. In both cases, the guys tried to defend their position, their indefensible position in my view, by claiming not that Anita Hill or Anucha Browne Saunders was a slut wearing short skirts and behaving provocatively. In both cases, they tried to denigrate the woman's job performance and claim that the women were incompetent, and this was how they were trying to cover up their incompetence...
...there is one thing you can be certain of in this world, it’s this: Freeway is on top of his shit. A hyperbolic claim? Perhaps, but the sophomore effort from the Philadelphia-based MC, “Free at Last,” is nonetheless a masterful blend of word and song. This is classical rap, if you will—much-needed passionate rhymes delivered in a world dominated by pop-infected, Top-40-intended hip-hop. It makes sense then that the second track on the album, “It’s Over...
...itself is not linked to increased violence. But in the wake of the expiration of the Federal Assault Weapon Ban in 2004, gun control remains relatively lax in many states, especially when it comes to handguns, which are responsible for many, if not most, gun-related murders. Gun advocates claim the need for handguns in self-defense, but such considerations are moot when weighed against the number of lives that might be saved by making the weapons illegal...
...nomination papers" says Ahsan Iqbal, a spokesman for Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Party, referring to the last date the candidates can formally withdraw from the race. That may be enough to force both Bhutto and Sharif to commit to the election and thus justify Musharraf's claim "that I have fulfilled the promise of bringing democracy" back. Says Iqbal, "If [the government is] sure there is no boycott then they will lift the emergency" - hinting at the opposition belief that Musharraf could still extend the emergency if one of the candidates commits to a boycott...